Teen cyclist killed in Monroe crash

Monday, September 21, 2009

40 a.m. on Aug. 27, and reported today by state police at Fern Ridge.

Troopers said Michael S. Frantz, 19, of Effort, was driving a 2004 Suzuki Katana northbound on SR715. While negotiating a left curve in the road the bike went onto the shoulder and continued on the berm just past Smith Hill Road. The bike went over a grass embankment and struck a tree and then a log. Frantz was thrown from the bike after the bike hit the log and came to rest in tall weeds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.